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eVGA e-GeForce 7300 GS PCI Express Video Card - 256 MB GPU

by EVGA
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)


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Technical Details

  • Video card with 256 MB of 64-bit DDR2 memory
  • Full support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0
  • UltraShadow II Technology enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games
  • Intellisample 3.0 technology delivers ultra-realistic visual at lightning-fast speeds
  • Integrated HDTV Encoder for HDTV-out functionality up to 1920x1080i resolutions
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 2 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B000EG5VBS
  • Item model number: 256-P2-N436-LX
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,022 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: December 5, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The eVGA 256-P2-N436-LX NVIDIA e-GeForce 7300GS 256 MB Graphics Card with S-Video features 256 MB of 64-bit DDR2 memory with a 4.264 GB-per-second memory bandwidth. Boasting the 3-D graphics features of today's most advanced GPUs--including full support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and true high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting--the Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS 550 MHz graphics processing unit (GPU) allows you to experience the latest gaming effects without compromising performance.

UltraShadow II technology enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects. This second-generation technology delivers more than four times the shadow processing power over the previous generation. The card's Intellisample 3.0 technology offers the fastest antialiasing you'll find anywhere and delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds. 64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending, based on the OpenEXR technology from Industrial Light & Magic, sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. And its integrated HDTV Encoder provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions.

Product Description

Boasting the 3D graphics and video features of today most advanced graphics processing units (GPUs), the NVIDIA Geforce 7300GS GPU delivers ultra-realistic gaming effects and stunning, high-definition video without compromising performance. For the performance and features you need to play the latest games and enjoy home-theater quality video, make sure your PC is equipped with a Geforce 7300GS.


 

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just enough, January 9, 2007
This review is from: eVGA e-GeForce 7300 GS PCI Express Video Card - 256 MB GPU (Personal Computers)
I bought this card because I was in a particular jam. I had to tailor my video card purchase not to my bank account, but to my power supply. The eVGA card was one of the few decent cards that would work with a 250w power supply, which is what my Dell box has. I know the eVGA box says 300w minimum, but their website says 250w. The card works GREAT for Battlefield 2142, the reason I bought the card. I even have the details cranked up to medium and am now seeing things that I didn't see at the low setting. No lag induced by the eVGA video card and again, if you like Battlefield 2142, this is a GREAT, inexpensive way to get into the game
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars So far, the tests are dismal, February 10, 2007
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This review is from: eVGA e-GeForce 7300 GS PCI Express Video Card - 256 MB GPU (Personal Computers)
I picked this for the same reason as another reviewer: my very small power supply wouldn't adequately power a big beefy graphics card. This is the only halfway modern card I could find that would run on the weak juice I had to feed it. Unfortunately, thus far the search looks like a wasted effort.

I'm not yet prepared to say it's a dog, because I haven't sat down and tweaked it, reinstalled drivers, and had a chat with the tech people at EVGA (who are actually in the US, and at work 24 hours a day, and are knowledgeable, friendly, and efficient) to try to goose this card up.

But I did benchmark it with 3DMark, both the 2006 and 2005 versions, and I was shocked at the results: off-the-scale slow. Comatose. Flatline. Frame rates of 2 per second. Animation that looked like slide shows. When I posted my results online, I was about 20th from the bottom, out of tens of thousands.

If this is as good as it gets, it's just no good at all, and no better than the cheapo integrated graphics. This is by now an antiquated, midrange-economy model, and my expectations were appropriately low, but this performance still disappointed. The three stars are for the impressive EVGA support, for the reasonable price (the stores are full of even older, lamer cards for higher prices), and for my hope that I may yet make this thing sing.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Fan Noise is Very Loud & High Pitched, March 2, 2007
This review is from: eVGA e-GeForce 7300 GS PCI Express Video Card - 256 MB GPU (Personal Computers)
CONS:

- Fan noise is very loud & irritating, causing me to return the item to Amazon. (This problem was also noted by a reviewer at NewEgg, who returned the item for a video card with passive heating.)

- Did not increase Vista rating for 3D gaming graphics. (I got a Vista rating of 3.0 for 3D graphics, which is the same rating I had before on the same system using the onboard ATI Radeon Xpress 200, which only has 128 MB of shared memory).

PROS:

- Increased Vista rating for Desktop Aero experience from 2.0 to 2.8.
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